Same Love by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

When I was in the third grade
I thought that I was gay
'Cause I could draw, my uncle was
And I kept my room straight
I told my mom
Tears (1)______________ down my face
She's like, Ben you've loved (2)__________ since before pre-K
Tripping
Yeah, I guess she had a point, didn't she
A bunch of stereotypes all in my head
I remember doing the math like, yeah
I'm good at little league
A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
For those that like the (3)________ sex
Had the characteristics
The right-wing conservatives
Think it's a decision
And you can be cured
With (4)________ treatment and religion
Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition
Playing God

Oh no, here we go
America the brave
Still fears what we don't know
And God loves all his children
It's somehow forgotten
But we (5)____________________ a book written
Thirty five hundred years ago
I don't know
And I can't change
...
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I (6)____________ to
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She (7)__________ me warm

If I was gay
I would think hip-hop hates me
Have you read the YouTube comments lately
Man that's gay
Gets dropped on the daily
We've (8)____________ so numb to what we're saying
Our culture founded from oppression
Yet we don't have (9)____________________ for them
Call each other faggots
Behind the keys of a message board
A (10)________ rooted in hate
Yet our genre still ignores it
Gay is synonymous with the lesser

It's the same hate that's caused wars (11)________ religion
Gender to skin color
A (12)____________________ of your pigment
The same fight that led people to walk-outs and sit-ins
There's human rights for everybody
There is no difference
Live on
And be yourself
When I was in church they taught me something else
If you preach hate at the service
Those words aren't anointed
And that Holy Water
That you soak in is (13)________ poisoned
When everyone else is more comfortable
Remaining voiceless rather than fighting for humans
That have had their rights stolen
I might not be the same
But that's not important
No freedom till we're equal
Damn right I support it

I don't know

And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I (14)____________ to
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She (15)__________ me warm
She keeps me warm

We press play
Don't press pause
Progress, (16)__________ on
With a veil over our eyes
We turn our back on the cause
Till the day that my uncles can be united by law
Kids are (17)______________ around the hallway
Plagued by pain in their heart
A world so hateful
Some would rather die (18)________ be who they are
And a certificate on paper
Isn't (19)__________ solve it all
But it's a damn good place to start

No law's gonna change us
We have to change us
Whatever god you believe in
We come (20)________ the same one
Strip away the fear
Underneath it's all the (21)________ love
About time that we raised up
And I can't change

Even if I tried
Even if I (22)____________ to
And I can't change
Even if I tried
Even if I wanted to
My love, my love, my love
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm
She keeps me warm

Love is patient, love is kind
Love is patient, love is kind
Love is patient (not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind (not (23)____________ on Sundays)
Love is patient (not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind (not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient (not crying on Sundays)
Love is kind (not crying on Sundays)
Love is patient (not crying on Sundays)
Love is (24)________ (not crying on Sundays)

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